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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita. The prisoner had to sit on the smallest chair while he received his penalty. If he received a death penalty he was led to another group of stones and beheaded.
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  • Italy, Venice. Art at the Venice Biennale. Chair installation by Ai Weiwei.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. Ambarita is located just north of Tuk Tuk. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita where village matters were discussed and justice for criminals decided.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. Ambarita is located just north of Tuk Tuk. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita where village matters were discussed and justice for criminals decided.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita. Criminals were also tried here, and on numerous occasions got a death penalty. Both the King and the medicine man was then present, the people gathered in the background.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. Ambarita stone chairs. A prisoner with a death penalty were led to these stones were the medicine man drove out evil spirits with his staff. After the body was beheaded the King drank some of the blood to receive magical powers, while the meat was mixed with other kinds of meat and eaten by the people. The bones were thrown in the lake, where swimming and fishing was forbidden for a week.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. The famous stone chairs in Ambarita. The house in the background belonged to the King. Under the house is the prison, where wrongdoers were put while they waited for the judgement.
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  • US, Florida, Key West. Outside Key West Lighthouse.
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Medan. The Great Mosque (Masjid Raya) of Medan built in 1906 in Moroccan style. Interior.
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  • Azerbaijan, Baku. A park in Baku close to the seafront.
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  • Lac de Sainte-Croix in southern France is a man-made lake formed as a result of the Barrage de Sainte-Croix dam.
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  • Russia, Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Colourful bench in the Gagarin Park.
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  • Azerbaijan, Baku. National Flag Square is a large city square by Neftchiler Avenue in Bayil, Baku. The flag flies on a pole 162 meters high and measures 70 by 35 meters which makes it one of the world's tallest flags.
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  • Bali, Badung, Jimbaran. Restaurant at the sea. You can sit at a table on the beach, it can be quite crowded here by sunset.
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  • Sweden, Gotska Sandön national park.
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  • Indonesia, Java, Bogor. The Bogor Botanical Gardens (Kebun Raya).
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  • Indonesia, Sumatra. Samosir. Ambarita village. Unfortunately most of the Batak buildings these days are roofed with rusting corrugated iron, but they are still interesting to look at. The space under the house is used for domestic animals, the living area is large with no fixed walls, often inhabited by a dozen families.
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